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A blog about living, loving, and urban homesteading in the Pacific North West & Midwest. Everything from gardening and home renovation to recipes and moving tips. Building community and growing together.

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I went paper-towel free, officially, about 4 years ago. I'd been weaning off them for years, but living with my Gran meant I didn't have the authority to make that decision for the house.

At the time, we purchased a 25-pack of bar towels and a bunch of cloth napkins. White, not-quite-square, durable terrycloth; and a bunch of mismatch cloth napkins ranging from "brought home some bread wrapped in a napkin from the restaurant in my purse" to "I found these 12 hand-stitched cotton napkins for a dollar and they match my kitchen." Spoiler alert, I love those matching cotton ones the best, not least because they are so clearly made with love, but also because they're so immediately absorbent so when you have greasy food on your hands it cleans right up--unlike the weird shiny ones from the restaurants that just sort of smear food around and water beads up on instead of absorbing.

We also around this time bought a pack of washcloths for cleaning to get rid of…

Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world... From a small university town in Michigan to the slightly larger city of Seattle. I'm a dreamer, a schemer, and an explorer. I'm very glad my partner lets me have a polyamorous love affair with coffee, because Coffee and I love each other very much. I'm coming to terms with being disabled; living with PTSD, OCD, and other such Alphabet Soup mental health complications, plus a bunch of physical Stuff including chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and limited mobility. I feel like this blog is an important part of my journey. Something I need to share with others, to help us all grow and learn and change ourselves for the better with a sense of community about us. It's at least 50% cooking, but there's a bunch of other stuff here too!